The Scarlet Letter
By:Robert Alexander
Austin Pelle
Thomas Zabriskie
Introduction The Custom House
The Custom House at the beginning of the story is used to expain Hawthorne's motives to write the novel. Through this interduction the author explains how he finds a letter that inspires him to create the basis behind the scarlet letter. He also connects his period of life to the puritan era in salem in which he writes about. It makes the novel more believable rather than being a fictional story that Hawthorne has made up. Chapter 1 The first chapter of the scarlet letter, "The Prison Door" is foreshadowing some of the themes found in the scarlet letter. The main theme is the theme of imprisonment, The main character Hester,
Chapter 2 She walks in moonlit shadows to make men beg
Her slender figure slithers and you will pay
A tender morsel for rich men, a prize to the poor
The way she looks is so lethal, drops you to the floor
It's said that our dear Scarlet shall never be a puppet
She is regal as the queen, she is royally obscene
She bears the scarlet letter
Her scent is quite delicious, her form so exquisite
Speaks so softly in your ear of the dirty things you fear
She prowls the starlit avenue for her next prey
Her purr will lure you in and lock you away
She wears a gown of satin, underneath is bare
In privacy she will teach you all you ever dare
Men sell their lives to taste her, to have and never waste her
Skilled in etiquette, she'll be the trophy of the ball
Yet in secret chain you to the wall
Her skin as soft as feathers, her demeanor tough as leather
Pay the price to sample her wares, she will drain away all cares
Chapter 3
The Recognition 1. The first reason this chapter is called The Recognition is the fact that when Hester was on the scaffold and sees Chillingsworth her husband.
2. When people in the town see hester with the Scarlett letter then they know that she will always be an adulter
3. It also gives the initial clues as to the recognition of who pearls real father really is. Chapter 6
this picture represents pearl because she is always torn between good and bad, she always comes off as good, but there are poor intensions underneath.
Chapter 7Hester was depressed because of all the heat she was taking from the town about her sin of adultery. She loved her daughter with all her heart, but no matter how much she loved her, she knew she couldn't offer her daughter much. Hester's depression showed that she truly believed she had nothing to offer her daughter by saying, "Thou must gather thine own sunshine, I have none to give thee."One of the main symptoms of depression is a feeling of hopelessness or worthlessness as shown in the quote.
Chapter 8Hester is definitely a fit mother. Throughout the book she makes sacrifices in order to make her daughters' life better. She stays in the town where she is always being mocked and ridiculed for the greater good of her daughter. Hester says that her daughter is her one crown jewel, the reason she is alive. With all these actions and words Hester is for sure a fitting mother as well as a good one.
The movie chosen that has characters similar to the relationship between Chillingworth and Dimmesdale is the Lord of the Rings. Chillingworth is known as the "leech" and he is around Dimmesdale for 2 reasons, to be his "physician" and to get revenge. When Dimmesdale dies, chillingworth has no reason left to live because there is no more revenge to be given. The Characters in the Lord of the Rings that share this similarity are Frodo and Golemn. Golemn acts as a guide to Frodo when really all he wants is the ring, and is soon as he is able to get his hands on the ring he no longer cares about Frodo or anything else.
Chapter 11"To the Untrue man, the whole universe is false- it is palpable- it shrinks to nothing within his grasp. And he himself, in so far as he shows himself in a false light, becomes a shadow, or, indeed, ceases to exist." Tiger Woods Affair
The recent event that relates to this event is the first one that will come to many minds, the Tiger Woods affair. With the recent doings of Tiger Woods, many have lost respect for him and no longer are fans of him or his sport. This shows how when people feel betrayed or lied to they will completely forget the past and just focus on the deception.
Chapter 13The slideshow we created represents how the community began to have more respect for Hester with time. However, Hester still holds a grudge against herself due to her own feeling of guilt. The song represents the depression he guilt brings her. http://animoto.com/play/I02iDSxaiJJji18G5W5brw
Chapter 18
In this chapter the author begins to call Dimmesdale by his full name because he finally comes in touch with himself and he becomes a new person. Through his interactions with Hester about what they must do together and on their own, he finally releases himself from his own contempt. He took a large weight off of himself by coming out from behind the fake person that he put himself out to be. He knows he isn't the religious and pure minister everyone sees him as and it feels good to let out what he has held back, and to come in contact with the real Arthur Dimmesdale.
Final Assignment
Hawthorne had Hester raise a daughter rather than a son due to how women were viewed in this time and age that the story took place. Women were very much looked down upon in the Puritan era and it would therefore make it harder to raise a daughter. Also, due to the crime that Hester commited, the rest of the community could make an easier connection of Pearl with her mother. If Pearl were to be a son, the Puritans of Boston wouldn't hold as strong of a grudge against Pearl and her mother.
As a group we all agreed that of all the main characters, Dimmesdale committed the greatest sin of lying to favor only himself. By keeping hidden away for so long, he sacrificed nothing but his morality, and Hester had to sacrifice everything. He could have saved Hester and Pearl a lot of trouble if he had come clean of his sin in the beginning. He also went against all that he lived for by living a lie. As a minister he should have whipped himself clean of sin and forgave himself to not only help himself, but also Hester and his own daughter. Dimmesdale destroyed the purity and purity he should have represented by living much of his life as a lie.
Table of Contents
By:Robert Alexander
Austin Pelle
Thomas Zabriskie
Introduction
The Custom House
The Custom House at the beginning of the story is used to expain Hawthorne's motives to write the novel. Through this interduction the author explains how he finds a letter that inspires him to create the basis behind the scarlet letter. He also connects his period of life to the puritan era in salem in which he writes about. It makes the novel more believable rather than being a fictional story that Hawthorne has made up.
Chapter 1
The first chapter of the scarlet letter, "The Prison Door" is foreshadowing some of the themes found in the scarlet letter. The main theme is the theme of imprisonment, The main character Hester,
Chapter 2
She walks in moonlit shadows to make men beg
Her slender figure slithers and you will pay
A tender morsel for rich men, a prize to the poor
The way she looks is so lethal, drops you to the floor
It's said that our dear Scarlet shall never be a puppet
She is regal as the queen, she is royally obscene
She bears the scarlet letter
Her scent is quite delicious, her form so exquisite
Speaks so softly in your ear of the dirty things you fear
She prowls the starlit avenue for her next prey
Her purr will lure you in and lock you away
She wears a gown of satin, underneath is bare
In privacy she will teach you all you ever dare
Men sell their lives to taste her, to have and never waste her
Skilled in etiquette, she'll be the trophy of the ball
Yet in secret chain you to the wall
Her skin as soft as feathers, her demeanor tough as leather
Pay the price to sample her wares, she will drain away all cares
Chapter 3
The Recognition
1. The first reason this chapter is called The Recognition is the fact that when Hester was on the scaffold and sees Chillingsworth her husband.
2. When people in the town see hester with the Scarlett letter then they know that she will always be an adulter
3. It also gives the initial clues as to the recognition of who pearls real father really is. Chapter 6
this picture represents pearl because she is always torn between good and bad, she always comes off as good, but there are poor intensions underneath.
Chapter 7 Hester was depressed because of all the heat she was taking from the town about her sin of adultery. She loved her daughter with all her heart, but no matter how much she loved her, she knew she couldn't offer her daughter much. Hester's depression showed that she truly believed she had nothing to offer her daughter by saying, "Thou must gather thine own sunshine, I have none to give thee." One of the main symptoms of depression is a feeling of hopelessness or worthlessness as shown in the quote.
http://www.webmd.com/depression/guide/detecting-depression
Chapter 8Hester is definitely a fit mother. Throughout the book she makes sacrifices in order to make her daughters' life better. She stays in the town where she is always being mocked and ridiculed for the greater good of her daughter. Hester says that her daughter is her one crown jewel, the reason she is alive. With all these actions and words Hester is for sure a fitting mother as well as a good one.
Chapters 9 & 10
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1807537463/traileri
The movie chosen that has characters similar to the relationship between Chillingworth and Dimmesdale is the Lord of the Rings. Chillingworth is known as the "leech" and he is around Dimmesdale for 2 reasons, to be his "physician" and to get revenge. When Dimmesdale dies, chillingworth has no reason left to live because there is no more revenge to be given. The Characters in the Lord of the Rings that share this similarity are Frodo and Golemn. Golemn acts as a guide to Frodo when really all he wants is the ring, and is soon as he is able to get his hands on the ring he no longer cares about Frodo or anything else.
Chapter 11"To the Untrue man, the whole universe is false- it is palpable- it shrinks to nothing within his grasp. And he himself, in so far as he shows himself in a false light, becomes a shadow, or, indeed, ceases to exist."
Tiger Woods Affair
The recent event that relates to this event is the first one that will come to many minds, the Tiger Woods affair. With the recent doings of Tiger Woods, many have lost respect for him and no longer are fans of him or his sport. This shows how when people feel betrayed or lied to they will completely forget the past and just focus on the deception.
Chapter 13The slideshow we created represents how the community began to have more respect for Hester with time. However, Hester still holds a grudge against herself due to her own feeling of guilt. The song represents the depression he guilt brings her.
http://animoto.com/play/I02iDSxaiJJji18G5W5brw
Chapter 18
In this chapter the author begins to call Dimmesdale by his full name because he finally comes in touch with himself and he becomes a new person. Through his interactions with Hester about what they must do together and on their own, he finally releases himself from his own contempt. He took a large weight off of himself by coming out from behind the fake person that he put himself out to be. He knows he isn't the religious and pure minister everyone sees him as and it feels good to let out what he has held back, and to come in contact with the real Arthur Dimmesdale.
Final Assignment
Hawthorne had Hester raise a daughter rather than a son due to how women were viewed in this time and age that the story took place. Women were very much looked down upon in the Puritan era and it would therefore make it harder to raise a daughter. Also, due to the crime that Hester commited, the rest of the community could make an easier connection of Pearl with her mother. If Pearl were to be a son, the Puritans of Boston wouldn't hold as strong of a grudge against Pearl and her mother.
As a group we all agreed that of all the main characters, Dimmesdale committed the greatest sin of lying to favor only himself. By keeping hidden away for so long, he sacrificed nothing but his morality, and Hester had to sacrifice everything. He could have saved Hester and Pearl a lot of trouble if he had come clean of his sin in the beginning. He also went against all that he lived for by living a lie. As a minister he should have whipped himself clean of sin and forgave himself to not only help himself, but also Hester and his own daughter. Dimmesdale destroyed the purity and purity he should have represented by living much of his life as a lie.